Comments on: Socialism in an Engineering Article http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/05/socialism_in_an.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/05/socialism_in_an.html/comment-page-1#comment-5719 Anonymous Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:07:14 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/05/socialism_in_an.html#comment-5719 <p>Another positive-feedback loop is birth--baby's head puts pressure on mom's cervix, which causes oxytocin to be released, which causes uterus to contract, which causes baby's head to put more pressure on mom's cervix. </p> <p>The loop increases until the maximal uterine contraction is reached, or until baby's head slips through the cervix. </p> Another positive-feedback loop is birth–baby’s head puts pressure on mom’s cervix, which causes oxytocin to be released, which causes uterus to contract, which causes baby’s head to put more pressure on mom’s cervix.

The loop increases until the maximal uterine contraction is reached, or until baby’s head slips through the cervix.

]]> By: la petite chou chou http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/05/socialism_in_an.html/comment-page-1#comment-5718 la petite chou chou Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:51:59 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/05/socialism_in_an.html#comment-5718 <p>I agree with Rover. You can't get poorer. At first I thought that debt would mean you were poorer too, until I realized that no matter how much debt you are in, if you can't pay it, you can't pay it. If Ed has 0 income and is 1000 bucks in debt, he is still no richer than Al who has 0 income and 2000 in the hole.</p> <p>Rich get richer and poor get poorer only means that the gap between the two is growing, and/or that wages of the poor do not increase linearly with inflation while the riches increase exponentially.</p> I agree with Rover. You can’t get poorer. At first I thought that debt would mean you were poorer too, until I realized that no matter how much debt you are in, if you can’t pay it, you can’t pay it. If Ed has 0 income and is 1000 bucks in debt, he is still no richer than Al who has 0 income and 2000 in the hole.

Rich get richer and poor get poorer only means that the gap between the two is growing, and/or that wages of the poor do not increase linearly with inflation while the riches increase exponentially.

]]> By: TheRover http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/05/socialism_in_an.html/comment-page-1#comment-5717 TheRover Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:56:46 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/05/socialism_in_an.html#comment-5717 <p>"....it is possible for the poor to get poorer via debt. This is especially true if you use high interest debt to finance a lifestyle you can’t afford."</p> <p>Since when does being in debt make anyone poorer? Interest rates are based on a risk factor involved of the borrowers ability to pay back the lending institution. High rates mean high chance of default. And as far as financing a lifestyle one can't afford here's a very radical concept, try living within your means.</p> <p>Don't drink and drive.<br /> Don't let liberals tinker with economics.</p> “….it is possible for the poor to get poorer via debt. This is especially true if you use high interest debt to finance a lifestyle you can’t afford.”

Since when does being in debt make anyone poorer? Interest rates are based on a risk factor involved of the borrowers ability to pay back the lending institution. High rates mean high chance of default. And as far as financing a lifestyle one can’t afford here’s a very radical concept, try living within your means.

Don’t drink and drive.
Don’t let liberals tinker with economics.

]]> By: dearieme http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/05/socialism_in_an.html/comment-page-1#comment-5716 dearieme Thu, 31 May 2007 18:45:52 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/05/socialism_in_an.html#comment-5716 <p>Lighting a fire is a good example of positive feedback (and of the limits that can eventually be imposed on it).</p> Lighting a fire is a good example of positive feedback (and of the limits that can eventually be imposed on it).

]]> By: garble http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/05/socialism_in_an.html/comment-page-1#comment-5715 garble Thu, 31 May 2007 13:32:47 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/05/socialism_in_an.html#comment-5715 <p>I agree with your larger point about positive feedback. </p> <p>But if you look at rich/poor as net worth and not income it is possible for the poor to get poorer via debt. This is especially true if you use high interest debt to finance a lifestyle you can’t afford. You never pay down the principle and interest continues to grow your debt. So while compounding interest can be make the rich richer it can also make the poor poorer. <br /> </p> I agree with your larger point about positive feedback.

But if you look at rich/poor as net worth and not income it is possible for the poor to get poorer via debt. This is especially true if you use high interest debt to finance a lifestyle you can’t afford. You never pay down the principle and interest continues to grow your debt. So while compounding interest can be make the rich richer it can also make the poor poorer.

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